Indonesian AIDS commission has rejected a plan by the lawmakers of Papua province which requires microchips to be implanted in  HIV/ AIDS patients to monitor the spread of disease.  

It is expected that the bill would be passed on a majority vote and would implemented in January 2009. The implicit reason behind the bill is to track sexually active people who have HIV/AIDS who could be prosecuted if they are suspected of infecting others. According to lawmakers, the proposed bill would also give a permission to the authorities to identify and ultimately punish "sexually aggressive,” HIV-positive individuals.

CT Scan can produce 64- slice image of blocked arteries. Though the images cannot be termed as equivalent to the tradition method of detecting blocked arteries using angiography, they are good enough to show the condition of the patient.

The scan method is much safer for many patients, according to researchers who published a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Angiography is a complicated procedure that involves inserting a guide wire and catheter into the groin, threading them through the blood vessels to the heart. Thus the dye that allows blockages to be visible through X-ray is injected.

The recent revelation by the Health Minister P K Sreemathy in the Kerala Assembly that there was no mechanism available now to monitor the quality of medicines, worth Rs 1,800 crore a year, being sold through 15,000 outlets in the State brought sorry condition of the medical services in the limelight.

Doctors believe that a booster vaccination for parents of new babies and other household members can help in protecting infants from whooping cough. Doctors added that the infants were too young to have been vaccinated themselves as the first dose is given at two months of age with repeat doses at three months, four months and four years.

Recently two young babies died due to whooping cough at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, in Edinburgh. The infants contracted this infection from their parents or older siblings.

Recent research revealed presence of a fatty substance, in the gut that signals the brain when it's time to stop eating. Research team led by Gerald Shulman of Yale University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute believe that this discovery can help in fighting obesity.

U. S. researchers found that a naturally occurring fat-derived chemical messenger called NAPE regulated the diet of animals. Researchers said that when the rodents were fed a fatty meal, their small intestine made a lot of NAPE and put it into the bloodstream. It then traveled to the brain and shut down hunger signals.

Recent research showed that many types of beverages have erosive effect on teeth. Some citric acids found in fruit drinks are more erosive than hydrochloric or sulfuric acid. These acids promote tooth erosion, which wears away the hard part of the teeth, or the enamel. Findings of the study revealed that a habit of drinking home brewed green tea can save teeth from erosion.